4th Song of Berlioz's Nuits d'été.
Kent Nagano conducts the Deutsche Symphonie Orchestra - Berlin.
IMHO - the most ravishing mezzo voice and a ravishingly beautiful rendition. (Grand hommage à Regine Crespin et à Janet Baker!)
4. Absence
Reviens, reviens, ma bien aimée!
Comme une fleur loin du soleil,
La fleur de ma vie est fermée,
Loin de ton sourire vermeil.
Entre nos cœurs quelle distance,
Tant d'espace entre nos baisers!
Ô sort amer! ô dure absence!
Ô grands désirs inapaisés!
Reviens, reviens, ma bien aimée, etc
D'ici là-bas, que de campagnes,
Que de villes et de hameaux,
Que de vallons et de montagnes,
À lasser le pied des chevaux!
Reviens, reviens, ma bien aimée, etc.
Come back, come back, my beloved!
Like a flower too far from the sun,
The flower of my life has closed,
Too far from your rose-red smile.
Between our hearts this distance,
This empty space between our kisses!
Oh bitter fate! O hard absence!
Oh great desires unfulfilled!
Come back, come back my beloved, etc
From here to you there, how much land,
How many towns and villages are there!
How many valleys and mountains,
To tire the legs of the horses!
Come back, come back my beloved, etc.
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